Good Morning,
My current read is a delightful book called ‘The Gospel According to Brodie: Lessons from a blind labrador’ (http://www.amazon.com/Gospel-According-Brodie-Jennifer-Larcombe/dp/0551029854/). The book is in the form of letters between friends and animal lovers.
In the book we learn about a dog born without eyes who the author adopts and becomes part of the family. The author had had some medical issues and was confined to a wheelchair for 8 years and suddenly gets better. She would bring the dog out and the dog at first would follow her other dog, Minty, who had a little bell on her collar. Then years later when Minty passed on, Brodie learned to follow the sounds of her master’s footsteps.
When people would see Brodie bounding along, they would want to stop and pet her. When they saw she had no eyes, just sockets, most people’s first reaction was to suggest putting the dog out of her misery. Yet, Brodie lived a full and exciting life, showing that even damaged good could have a meaningful and loving life.
I think of myself and my struggles with my legs. I blew out my knee again last week and have been slowly nursing it back to health again. I have to laugh as my bad leg now becomes my good leg as I walk favoring my knee. I am damaged goods, and yet, I have a full and exciting life. I am far from fit, and I have a lot to learn in so many areas of my life. Compared to some folks, I probably should be retired and put out to pasture.
But, that is not how I roll.
Like Brodie, I am full of life and even though I have my limitations, I can make a difference in this world. I can help others and I can achieve many of my goals.
Brodie gets into all sorts of troubles, as you would expect a blind dog to do. Yet, don’t we all get ourselves into troubles from time to time, when we act ‘blind’ to what is going on around us?
From the Gospel According to Brodie we learn that with others, we can do more than we can do by ourselves. That we can enjoy life more with the help of those who care about us.
That no matter who we may consider ourselves to be over the hill, or warn out, or limited, that we have great potential all around us and within us.
If we only dare to live, search for and grab onto the wonders of the world that are waiting for us.
Enjoy!
Sanford Berenberg
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